swoop
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
Types & categories
- glissando hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move down on as if in an attack
The raptor swooped down on its prey
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a very rapid raid
Types & categories
- raid hypernym
Related & opposite
- swoop up derivation
Sense 4 verb
move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- swoop derivation
Sense 5 noun
a swift descent through the air
Types & categories
- descent hypernym
Related & opposite
- swoop derivation
Sense 6 verb
seize or catch with a swooping motion
Types & categories
- snatch hypernym
Related & opposite
- swoop derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slide |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | glissando |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pounce |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | come down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stoop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | raid |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | descent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | snatch |